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Panorama of Roman Campagna, Nov. 12, 1868 (recto, from sketchbook)

Jervis McEntee

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows an open sketchbook with two pages. The left page is blank with small illegible writing in the bottom-left corner. The right page contains a pencil drawing of a landscape. The drawing depicts a body of water with mountains in the background and trees on the right side. The sky is cloudy. There is small illegible writing in the bottom-right corner of the right page. The sketchbook is open to reveal both pages, with the left page being blank and the right page containing the drawing. The background of the image is white.

Artwork Details

Date
1868
Medium
Graphite, white gouache, on blue paper
Culture
American
Dimensions
599 × 488 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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